moodysuzy
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It seems our boar issues are never-ending.
After the passing of one of our boys a year ago, we sent our remaining boy (prawn) to go dating at a local rescue centre. He came away paired with a lovely big boss boy (goose).
They’ve been together 4 months now and until recently got on fine. Goose is the boss (he’s massive and prawn is a tiny boy), and while there was a fair amount of dominance it calmed after the first month and was never a anything worrying.
But they seem to have woken up on the wrong side of the bed a few days ago - goose was being excessively dominant, chasing and humping prawn a LOT, being very persistent. Prawn was being so good and just dealing with it at first, but I think he’s had enough and the last couple of days he’s started rumbling back at goose (who obviously is not happy about it) and getting in his space a bit - this triggers goose into chasing prawn and they both get quite chattery and defensive.
There’s been a lot of chasing, loud chattering and the odd yawn. Yesterday we found goose had a small cut on his lip, and prawn has quite a few shallow cuts on his back end. They’re not deep and don’t seem to have bled really.
They both happily still share a pellet bowl (they have two but always end up sharing one!) and will eat hay together. I’ve caught them sleeping quite close together a couple of times. However the aggression, rumbling, and chasing hasn’t stopped.
I’m not sure what to do, they’ve had such a good relationship I’m extremely reluctant to separate them. But equally I don’t want either of them to get seriously hurt. They’ve both seemed a bit downtrodden since this all began, so I know they’re not happy right now.
They are both about 3 years old, and share a 4x3 c&c cage.
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks![smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
After the passing of one of our boys a year ago, we sent our remaining boy (prawn) to go dating at a local rescue centre. He came away paired with a lovely big boss boy (goose).
They’ve been together 4 months now and until recently got on fine. Goose is the boss (he’s massive and prawn is a tiny boy), and while there was a fair amount of dominance it calmed after the first month and was never a anything worrying.
But they seem to have woken up on the wrong side of the bed a few days ago - goose was being excessively dominant, chasing and humping prawn a LOT, being very persistent. Prawn was being so good and just dealing with it at first, but I think he’s had enough and the last couple of days he’s started rumbling back at goose (who obviously is not happy about it) and getting in his space a bit - this triggers goose into chasing prawn and they both get quite chattery and defensive.
There’s been a lot of chasing, loud chattering and the odd yawn. Yesterday we found goose had a small cut on his lip, and prawn has quite a few shallow cuts on his back end. They’re not deep and don’t seem to have bled really.
They both happily still share a pellet bowl (they have two but always end up sharing one!) and will eat hay together. I’ve caught them sleeping quite close together a couple of times. However the aggression, rumbling, and chasing hasn’t stopped.
I’m not sure what to do, they’ve had such a good relationship I’m extremely reluctant to separate them. But equally I don’t want either of them to get seriously hurt. They’ve both seemed a bit downtrodden since this all began, so I know they’re not happy right now.
They are both about 3 years old, and share a 4x3 c&c cage.
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks
![smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)